Feeling strange.

I am just feeling strange, weird, odd. All the lights seem dim, my balance is off, I feel like I am watching my life today instead of living it, very confused feeling, hallucinations are increasing but I don't even mind. I have felt like this before, I think. I feel like this haziness is a good thing or maybe it isn't?

My husband just asked me if I was okay, but it seems like he doesn't care and just walked away. It isn't how he would normally act or respond.

No change in meds, I took 4 days of Seroquel, but off them for 3 days now, so I doubt that's it. I don't think it has anything to do with my meds as I have been on them for a long time.. just Lamictal and Lithium.

Anyway I'm rambling

Hmm... how are you feeling physically? Could it be a cold or some kind of other sickness coming on?

No, not even a sniffle. maybe feels like my brain is removed and stuffing put in.. I make no sense . sorry

You sound as if you could be losing some degree of consciousness ... drifting closer at times to losing it. Is this possible? Would you recognize that feeling?

Could be from the pain ... not good.

Roadie..Thank you .. I never even considered that possibility. I'm not sure what I could do to fix this

Can you think of any triggers? More stress than usual?

Okay got a significant tremor going on..

I need to go

Okay thats not good! Um sounds like lithium toxicity maybe , not kidding. That sounds like very much how I felt when my lithium level became toxic!! Please Christina get your husband to take you to ER or somewhere where this can be checked right away!!!!! I lost my balance, all that jazz you are talking about, felt very very weird, witha real bad tremmor. My friend knew something was wrong and took me in. So please go... Very worried

I felt confused too and kinda unreal, couldnt walk real straight or talk real straight. I had my levels tested a week before that, it can change very quickly for all sorts of reasons.

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I agree. If your lithium is too high you need to get it checked ASAP.

You don't always get the nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea as symptoms, especially if the toxic levels builds up over time. To me it didn't feel real bad or anything but something was obviously wrong.

And what you listed are all symptoms of lithium toxicity. Please don't try to wait it out because if it is the lithium you could have a seizure, coma, kidney failure or die. If they catch it right away it can be managed pretty easily in a lot of cases. Even of you have been on it at the same dose for a long time, can easily happen.

I hope you feel better Christina....what did you mean about the Seroquel? took 4 days off for 3 days?

Please let us know how you are feeling

Dang Christina please be ok
Hopefully you're somewhere safe getting this all checked out. Love you mama.

Pretty worried about you, I hope you check in here if you can and that you are ok. Will be thinking about you. I have to go to work but I will check back. Lots of love to you!!

how about a check in?

I hope you are better today.

Yes hoping you are ok. Maybe you went to the hospital and got all your issues taken.

I hope you're improving, morethingswrong...

Thanks everyone

I did go to the ER last nite. Sitting here now.. I honestly don't remember making this thread or well anything about last nite. My Lithium levels were fine. They of course wanted to run every test on me under the sun. They questioned my Psych meds a lot.

It finally boiled down to my lack of sleep and intense pain ( Good thinking Roadie) or the 2 Doctors I saw finally decided. They tried numerous medications to help my pain nothing worked, no surprise there. They even dosed me with Versed and it didn't help either. Of course they said " see a specialist blah blah blah.. been there done that.. Useless.

I finally insisted they discharged me, no point staying they weren't helping me at all.

I'm tired in pain and just so tired of it all.

Again.... thanks everyone

Omg all that and you're still in pain?!?!?!?

Fibro is such an awful disease. Nothing like Lithium for fibro pain...

Yeah pain is still ridiculous..

I do think it is possible to die from "pain"

Oh (((((((((Christina))))))))))
So sorry you're going through all of this, and then zero help from doctors to boot!
Please rest, and take care of yourself, I'm thinking about you sis

I hope you can get out of the pain cloud soon. Just take care of yourself for now.

Today my Pdoc worked me in because of oh the whole useless ER trip.

He upped my Lithium to 1200mg a day, Just in hopes it will somehow help. My T also worked me in for a hypnotherapy session .. I coud not calm down enough. 2 hours we tried this.. I just broke down in tears sobbing. My pain is just overwhelming.. Im angry at the world, I was literally screaming at my TV today. My husband got home and I told him I am in a rage and hating to world .. I feel out of control, loads of cutting . I want to just die and get it over with. I should have just hit that tree doing as fast as my car can go.. I have taken at least 6 1mg Xanax .. I see its helping nothing.

every part of me in screaming because of this unrelenting pain .. I hate my life.